Network eAcademy - Orchestration, Automation and Virtualisation (OAV)

Introduction

Welcome to the open GÉANT project wiki area for the Network eAcademy, currently including information on orchestration, automation and virtualisation (OAV).

This area is used for knowledge sharing and exchange between GÉANT, NRENs, and organisations interested in applying OAV principles to their network operations. It is also intended to serve as a platform to discuss strategies, common use cases and ideas related to network and service orchestration, automation and virtualisation in our GÉANT community and beyond.

More material is added on a continuous basis.

Important Links

OAV Literature - references to OAV related literature
Dissemination - presentations and deliverables
Standardisation Bodies - useful links to standardization bodies and specific OAV material
Highlights - focus areas in OAV
All WP6 Infoshares and Events

Contact Us

We are very interested to hear from members of the community working on OAV, whether you wish to share your knowledge or find out more about OAV yourselves. You can email the GN5-1 WP6 OAV team at

oav@lists.geant.org

For OAV discussions please email to

oav-discuss@lists.geant.org

Current focus

Network Automation eAcademy – OAV Training Portal

New classes are available on our Training Portal. The current focus is on orchestration, automation and virtualisation, but also on architectures and CI&CD. Follow our courses of the Network Automation eAcademy! Read more...

OAV Maturity Model

Use our Orchestration, Automation and Virtualisation (OAV) Maturity Model to position yourself on your OAV journey

Our model defines four main dimensions that describe different aspects of OAV, each further specified using subdimensions that highlight the important OAV areas of each dimension. The level of OAV adoption and management is described using six maturity stages starting from no OAV adoption to cutting-edge OAV implementations. The short and long descriptions of stages for each subdimensions help quickly identify the current status in the organisation and the main tasks that need to be accomplished in order to advance to the next level. Read more...

OAV - Towards Collaborative Digital Services

OAV Architectures

A high-level architectural blueprint (the TM Forum Open Digital Architecture, or ODA), provides R&E institutions with an easy way to understand and compare the architectures of their Network Management (NMS), Operations and Business Support Systems (OSS/BSS) and helps guide community efforts towards the creation of interoperable systems and operations. Follow our work on OAV architecture with our last White Papers on NREN and services architecture analysis: Read more...

OAV Terminology

New definitions around OAV and Maturity Model terms and acronyms in consensus with the GNA-G community. This updated whitepaper is available (pdf) and can serve as a guideline to members of the community. Read more...

Applied Automation

SPA - Service Provider Architecture

A service management platform that is based on the TM Forum Open Digital Framework. Follow our latest Deliverable D6.6: Transforming Services with Orchestration and Automation (pdf). Read more...

OAV Community Portal

Applied OAV examples by country. Follow our community portal to see what NRENs are implementing in their own environments. Read more...

CNaaS - Campus Network Management-as-a-Service

Several European NRENs have started offering Campus Network Management as a Service (CNaaS) to their connected institutions, either because the end-institutions or the governments have requested them to do it. Defining the new model, automating the infrastructure and sharing the management are some of the new challenges to solve. Read more...